DRIVER TRAINING

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Emotional Wreck (DVD)

Handbook also available

2009

 Aggressive driving is a contributor to 6,800,000 crashes and 1,500 deaths annually! Watch as the narrator rides shotgun or in the backseat with four main characters and cajoles them to swerve, tailgate, run red lights, use the emergency lane and even escalate their emotions in to road rage.

Driven to Distraction (DVD)

Employee handbooks available. Coastal Training Technologies, 2008

Available In English and Spanish

This groundbreaking program illustrates just how dangerous distracted driving can be. The main character is the embodiment of the various distractions that accompany drivers. Watch as he gleefully plots and plans to take attention from the road. The impact of this program is powerful and memorable.

Defensive Driving 15-Passenger Vans (DVD)

Employee handbooks available. Coastal Training Technologies, 2005

Available In English and Spanish

Driving 15-Passenger vans requires certain safety precautions. Understanding why these types of vans need special care will get you and your passengers to your destinations safely.

Pro Driver

FDOT; 1986

Call Number: TL152.DT 1986

 

This video discusses the problems created by the need for bicyclers to share the road with professional truck drivers as well as some solutions.

 

Driver Performance Testing

Safe Performance Associates, Video Safe Performance Associates; 1990

Call Number: TL152.DT 1990

 

Driver Performance Tests are professionally acclaimed Driver Performance tests. They measure the driver's perceptual skills and psychomotor responses through video-simulated "real-world" driving scenes.

 

Advanced Driving Skills Quiz

Weaver, Jack, Advanced Driving Skill Institute; 1990

Call Number: TL152.DT 1990

 

Contents of video: Driver and Traffic Knowledge; Vehicle Control and Procedures; Traffic Perceptual Skills; and Driver Risk Controls.  Quiz and answer key.

 

Driver Performance Test II

Weaver, Jack, Advanced Driving Skills Institute; 1990

Call Number: TL152.DT 1990

 

Driver Performance Tests are professionally acclaimed Driver Performance tests. They measure the driver's perceptual skills and psychomotor responses through video-simulated "real-world" driving scenes.

 

SPORT II: Safe Performance on Road Test

Weaver, Jack K, Advanced Driving Skills Institute; 1990

Call Number: TL152.DT 1990

 

The safe performance on road test, called SPORT, is a video oriented motor vehicle driving test that measures the driver's on road performance in each of the following driving skills: observing, communicating, speed adjustment, vehicle positioning, time and space management, and hazard perception.

 

Traffic Perceptual Skills Course

Weaver, Jack, Advanced Driving Skills Institute; 1992

Call Number: TL152.DT 1992

 

TPS is a video oriented self-test, self- study instructional program designed to develop the traffic perceptual skills a driver needs to effectively, safely, and economically operate a motor vehicle on the streets and highways of North America. Video presentations are used extensively to assess, develop, stimulate, and exercise the driver's traffic perceptual skills. Emphasis is placed on enhancing the driver's crash avoidance knowledge and skills. Special attention is given to the significance of alcohol, drugs, behavior, and distractions as primary causes of motor vehicle crashes.

 

Don’t Let Up! Anti-Lock Braking Systems

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety; 1994

Call Number: TL152.DT 1994

 

Don't Let Up contains footage of high school driver education students using ABS for the very first time. You and your students will see these young drivers face three simulated emergency situations in a car without ABS and in a car with ABS.

 

Driving in Bad Weather

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety; 1994

Call Number: TL152.DT 1994

 

Using the setting of a television newscast, this video dramatizes the blinding effects of fog, dust, smoke, rain, snow and ice. Stresses the need to slow down to maintain control or get off the road safely in adverse conditions.

 

Night Driving

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety; 1994

Call Number: TL152.DT 1994

 

Demonstrates how darkness limits driver's vision. Includes ways to keep your car in shape for night driving. Discusses the biggest hazards drivers face in night driving and the ways in which drivers mush change their driving habits to drive safely at night.

 

Driver and Traffic Knowledge

Weaver, Jack, Advanced Driving Skills Institute; 1996

Call Number: TL152.DT 1996

 

This video deals with the benefits, responsibilities and risks relevant to driving a commercial motor vehicle

 

Driving Environment

Weaver, Jack, Advanced Driving Skills Institute

Call Number: TL152.DT 1996

 

This video program emphasizes environmental factors that effect driver performance. For example: Darkness, Weather, Unfamiliar Terrain, and Special Traffic Controls. Special attention is given to driver behavior factors that create hazardous driving situations.

 

Driving Risk Control

Weaver, Jack, Advanced Driving Skill Institute; 1996

Call Number: TL152.DT 1996

 

This video emphasizes the importance of driver self-discipline in avoiding and or controlling driver and traffic risks.

 

Minus Ten

Weaver, Jack, Advanced Driving Skills Institute; 1996

Call Number: TL152.DT 1996

 

The insurance industry estimates that motor vehicle collisions that occur at a vehicle speed of less than ten miles per hour account for more than 50% of the total cost of motor vehicle collisions. Following this program, drivers will recognize and know how to avoid the driver errors which most frequently result in low speed motor vehicle collisions. Emphasis is placed on correct backing procedures.

 

Vehicle Control & Procedures

Weaver, Jack, Advanced Driving Skill Institute; 1996

Call Number: TL152.DT 1996

 

Vehicle Control & procedures is a video oriented instructional program designed to develop the driver and traffic knowledge and skills a driver needs to effective, safely, and economically operate a fleet motor vehicle on the streets and highways of America.

 

Safe Performance on Road Test

Weaver, Jack K., Advanced Driving Skills Institute; 1996

Call Number: TL152.DT 1996

 

The safe performance on road test, called SPORT, is a video oriented motor vehicle driving test that measures the driver's on road performance in each of the following driving skills: observing, communicating, speed adjustment, vehicle positioning, time and space management, and hazard perception.

 

The Professional (CD)

National Transit Institute, San Diego Transit; 1997

Call Number: TL152.DT 1997

 

The Professional was developed on the principle that it takes all three legs of the Transit Triangle - the Bus, the Customer and the Operator to make an agency successful. It was designed to persuade as well as instruct operators to make informed choices when operating the bus, dealing with customers and making decisions about their lifestyles.

 

Procedures for Transporting People with Disabilities

Pittsburgh Transportation Company; 1998

Call Number: TL152.DT 1998

 

This video gives instruction on proper procedures for picking up passengers, safe securement, seatbelt safety, customer service, and passenger courtesy.

 

Coaching the Van Driver II

National Safety Council; FLI Learning Systems; 2003

Call Number: TL152.DT 2003

 

This training presents updated visuals and new information without sacrificing the strengths of the original program - comprehensive coverage of collision-prevention techniques, a non-lecture participant-intensive educational approach, a modular training format, and an easy-to-use Leaders Guide.

 

Coaching the Transit Bus Operator

National Safety Council, FLI Learning Systems; 1989

Call Number: TL152.DT 1989 rev. 2003

 

This program has been specifically designed for transit bus operators. There are numerous segments within the course that allow for local policy discussion, so be sure to review the course ahead of time, adding in you company policies. Coaching the Transit Bus Operator is a trainee-oriented course.

 

Customers, Conflicts and You: A Transit Operator's Guide To Problem-Solving

San Francisco Municipal Railway, National Transit Institute; 2000

Call Number: TL152.DT 2000

 

This program is to teach transit operators interpersonal and intrapersonal skills for managing and coping with conflict, which can include situations with violent and potentially violent customers. This training acknowledges and explains the complexities of human interactions and demonstrates skills that minimize or prevent the escalation of conflicts.

 

Drivers’ Hours of Service (DVD)

Lancer Insurance 1994

 

This video provides safety suggestions for professional drivers and the length of time they should operate a transit vehicle.

Driver Fatigue:  How to Combat the Silent Killer (2-DVD set)

  • A Wake-Up Call for Owners and Managers
  • Staying Alive Behind the Wheel

Lancer Insurance 2003

 

A two-set video providing driver information and guidelines in dealing with fatigue.  This set also includes valuable information for owners and managers in addressing fatigue awareness.

 

Weather Wise:  Driving Tips for Bad Road Conditions (DVD)

Lancer Insurance 2005

 

A training video depicting bad weather conditions and what safety measures are needed to protect the driver and passengers.

Customer Care & Passenger Safety (DVD)

Lancer Insurance 1996

 

This video equips the driver with the tools necessary in providing quality customer service and safety to passengers.

 

How Drivers Can Control an Accident Scene (DVD)

Lancer Insurance 1997

 

This video provides safety guidelines to better prepare the driver in handling the numerous problems that can occur if involved in an accident.

Driver’s Guide to ADA Compliance (DVD)

Lancer Insurance 2001

 

This video provides valuable information regarding the rights, duties and responsibilities in meeting needs of Americans with disabilities.

Driving Professionally and Defensively (VHS) Guide attached.

Minnesota Department of Transportation 2003

 

This video is intended for new drives who have not yet taken defensive driving or for those who need a refresher.